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United States Patent | 5,653,161 |
Nopanen ,   et al. | August 5, 1997 |
A food steamer having a base, a combined support and collector, and a cooking bowl. The base has a heater and a reservoir for holding water to be heated into steam. The cooking bowl is mounted on top of the base and has a bottom with holes. The combined support and collector has a frame and a screen. The frame is mounted to the base between the heater and the cooking bowl. The frame has a center aperture with the screen located therein for supporting flavoring items thereon. The frame has raised walls to form a condensed steam holding area for holding all condensed steam that has traveled into and then back out of the holes in the cooking bowl. The frame also has a side wall with inwardly recessed grooves and holes through the frame at the tops of the grooves. These form pressure release vents at the sides of the frame.
Inventors: | Nopanen; Esko (Shelton, CT); DuBois; Craig A. (Trumbull, CT); Kass; Robert C. (Fairfield, CT) |
Assignee: | Black & Decker Inc. (Newark, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 587317 |
Filed: | January 16, 1996 |
Current U.S. Class: | 99/415; 99/417; 99/446; 126/369; 219/401 |
Intern'l Class: | A47J 027/04 |
Field of Search: | 99/410,411,412,413,414,415,416,417,418,446 126/369 219/401 |
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